Title: Alone
Rating: G
Summary: A drabble from an X-5.
Genre: General
Pairings: None
Time Frame: Just after the escape
Status: Standalone
Disclaimer: I wish... clicks red heels
Author's Note: Not a happy story... heh...
Alone
I'm X5-728. Nothing special, really. I grew up with Zack - my C.O. He called me Peter. And then there was my unit: Ben, Syl, Krit, Max, Jondy, Seth, Tinga, Brin, Eva, Jack... and others.
I always looked up to Zack and Seth. They were pretty much a team, but Zach made time for everyone. Seth probably would have been C.O. if Zach wasn't. Maybe Krit could have been, but the trainers said he spent too much time with Syl. Then there was Max and Jondy, inseparable. Tinga and Brin too, and everyone was paired up with someone.
Then there was me and Jack.
Jack and I were the littlest, and the weakest. Zack looked out for us, but more importantly we looked out for us. But then they took Jack away.
And it was just me.
When Zach decided that we'd escape, I followed. I always followed. Manticore wasn't so bad, to be honest. I mean... drills weren't so bad, and I never knew anything else, really. So it was okay. But I followed.
I always followed.
Zach paired me up with Seth, and he went by himself. Me and Seth ran together, just following orders. But we didn't work so well together, and it was cold, and the men came...
And Seth got away.
And I got taken back.
I didn't go to Psy Ops or to Reindoctrination. I went to Solitary, downstairs where the Nomlies were. And I was all by myself. It wasn't that new... I'd been by myself since they had taken Jack.
But now I was really alone.
Author's Follow-up: This idea just wouldn't leave me alone...